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'PATENTED MAY 19, 1868. W. A. HEATH.

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. Letters-Patent No. 78,086, dated May 19, 1868 IMPROVEMENT 11v HORSE HAY-RAKES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY 'oononnm Be it lrnown that I, WATSQN A. HEATH, of Apalachin, in the conntyof Tioga, and State of New York,

7 havcinvented a new and improved Horse Hay-Rake; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear,

and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makennd use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, fo,rming apart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my improved rake.

' Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken through the line a: z, fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts,

My invention has for its object .to-improve the construction of revolving hay-rakes, so as to niak'o'tliem more convenient and effective in operation; and it consists in the construction and combination of serious parts of the rake, as hereinafter more fully described.

A" are the rake-teeth, which are made and-attached to the shaft B in the ordinary manner. The shaft 13 is connected with and revolves upon the lower ends ofthe standards C inthc ordinary manner. -The 'upper ends of; the standards 0 are rigidly attached to the-rear ends of the draught-bars D, in -a slightly inclined position, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. The forward parts of the draught-bars D arepivoted to the sides of the frame E by screws bolts, or pins, at a little distance from their ends, so that the said burs may serve a's levers to raise thefrak'e-head away from the ground for convenience in moving the rake from, place topiace;

The frame E is seeurely'attached to the axle F of the wheels G, and to its forward side are attached the shafts H. r

I is 'a shaftworhing in bearings upon the upper side of the frameE, and having arms J formed uponor attached to its ends, and extending out at right angles to the length of said shaft, so that when the shaft I is revolved, the arnis J may, act. upon the forward ends of the draught-bars D to raise the rake-head away. from thei'gronnd. I; isa hand-lever or bar, the. lower end of which is securely attached to the shaft I, so that by operating the. said hand-leverK the rake-head maybe raised from the ground, as-required.- .The lever K is held in place, when lowered to raise the rake-head, by a catch formed upon the front left-hand standafdthat supports the drivrs seat Li M is a standard, the lower end of which rides upon and is secured to the middlepart of the rake-head shaft-'13, in the same manner as the" standards 0 are secured to said shaft; To the sides of the-standard M are attached the rear ends of twospring-braces, N, which extend forward and downward, so tha'fth'eir, lower ends may serve.as stops, to check the revolution of the rake-head, when, in discharging tlie'collected' hay, it has revolved into a proper'working position. To the rear side of the standard M are pivoted two lever stops, O, the upper ends of which are held together by the U01 other shaped spring or springs so' as tos'presdlthe lower ends ofjsaid levers and hold them in proper position to rest upon the two central-teeth oftheirakehead,an d hold saidrake-head improper working position. The lower ends. of the levers O are-drawn together to allow the rake-head to revolve to dischargethe collected hay, by forcing the upper ends of said levers 0 apart, means of the wedgeor \i-shaped head of the lever Q. V

The lever Q'is pivoted in a slot or notch in the upper-end of the standard M, and its forward end is pivoted to-the upper end of the arm B, the lower end of which is connected to the shaft S, which works in bearings attached to the frammE. 1 i T is a hand-lever, the lower end of which is rigidly attached 'to th e shaft S, and' the upper end of which extends up at the right-hand side hf the drivers seat Ii, where it is held in place by an adjustable catch, U: secured to the side of the seat L 13y screws passing through slots in thesaid catch, so that it may be adjusted to hold the hand-lever T'in the desired position-.' i i Having thiis described my. invention, what ll claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of thehand-lever T, shaft S, standard R, ,and lever Q with each other, and with the frixme E, standard M, and lever-stops Q, substuntiailyas herein shbwn and described, and tor the purpqse set forth. I I

2. Pivoting the draught-bars .D, of the rake, to the frame E, at points a short distance from the ends of said draught-bats, so that they may serve as levers in raising the rake-head frbm the ground, substantially as herein shown and dgcrihd,

3. The combination of the hund-leverKQshaft- I, and arms J, with the frame E and forward ends of the pivdte'd draught-burs D, substantially as herein shown and described, and for tha purpose set forth.

The ahoy e' specification of my invention signqd by me, this 19th any of February, 1868.

. "WATSON A-. HEATH. Witnesses:

LEWIS BUFFUM, G. W. BUFFUM. 

